IANAB (Not A Botanist) ...but isn't this the expected outcome? Cyclones have probably been a thing for epochs, so any species that couldn't recover well would have been Darwin's reject ages ago?
> The latter is especially surprising, because invasive species often spread rapidly after Pacific Island cyclones.
> Tanna's customary stewardship practices appear to augment the capacity for resilience... Co-author Jean-Pascal Wahe of the Vanuatu Cultural Center noted that after a cyclone, stewards weed around native tree species and even plant them.
> The study also showed that forests that had previously been subject to grazing by cattle and pigs were slower to recover and will likely be more vulnerable to future cyclones.
